ONE PRESUMED DEAD IN HOUSE EXPLOSION WITH FIRE ON W COURT ST NEAR LITTLE ST, STREATOR

    MON SEP 01 2014 ~11:03 PM
    STREATOR FIRE DEPARTMENT
    HOUSE EXPLOSION/BOX ALARM
    302 W COURT ST STREATOR, IL

    Video still from Network Video Productions.

    MABAS DIVISION 25 BOX ALARM 2ND ALARM ON BOX #101 FOR A STRUCTURE FIRE (HOUSE FIRE/EXPLOSION) AT 12:04 AM/12:10 AM.

    REPORT OF A HOUSE EXPLOSION. ONE VICTIM ESCAPED AND ONE VICTIM REPORTED IN THE HOME UNDER A COLLAPSE ROOF INTO A BEDROOM. ETHEL DAVISON PRESUMED DEAD AFTER HER SON TIM DAVISON COULDN'T REACH HER BECAUSE OF COLLAPSED DEBRIS AND FLAMES.

    LEONORE RESPONDING AT 11:49 PM.

    NICOR TO THE SCENE. INVESTIGATION OF EXPLOSION APPARENTLY CAUSED BY A GAS LEAK.



    ENGINE(S): E1, E2, READING E7?, ALLEN TOWNSHIP, METAMORE

    TRUCK(S: T5

    SQUAD(S): RESCUE4

    TENDER(S) LEONORE

    EMS: ??

    CHIEF(S): STREATOR

    CHANGE OF QUARTERS: GRAND RIDGE FIRE DEPARTMENT TO READING VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT THEN GRAND RIDGE E12 MOVES UP TO THE SCENE AT 12:09 AM.

    STAGING: WASHINGTON ST AND WALL ST

    STRUCK OUT AT 1:16 AM

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